[Python-Dev] Dates in python-dev

[Stephen J. Turnbull]

Followups directed to Tracker-Discuss, where the people who can do
something about it are hanging out.  (They're here too, but I'm pretty
sure they'd rather discuss this issue on that list.)

Arfrever Frehtes Taifersar Arahesis writes:
 > 2009-04-24 18:29:29 MRAB napisał(a):
 > > Hi,
 > > 
 > > I've recently subscribed to this list and received my first "Summary of
 > > Python tracker Issues". What I find annoying are the dates, for example:
 > > 
 > >      ACTIVITY SUMMARY (04/17/09 - 04/24/09)
 > > 
 > > 3 x double-digits (have we learned nothing from Y2K? :-)) with the
 > > _middle_ ones changing fastest!
 > > 
 > > I know it's the US standard, but Python is global. Could we have an
 > > 'international' style instead, say, year-month-day:
 > > 
 > >      ACTIVITY SUMMARY (2009-04-17 - 2009-04-24)
 > 
 > +1.
 > ISO 8601 should be mandatory.